State v. Caudill

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court on an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Boone County, entered on December 9, 1977, sentencing the defendant, Clifford T. Caudill, to 186 years imprisonment in the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville. The defendant was convicted on an indictment which charged the crime of armed robbery. 1

On this appeal the defendant assigns six errors. It is only necessary, however, for the resolution of this appeal to consider two of the errors assigned: (1) the trial court’s admission of evidence of other crimes committed by the defendant;…